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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [控えめ] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable


Spelling Word: discreet
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a. [偏心] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern


Spelling Word: eccentric
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n. [進化] development; a gradual process of change and development


Spelling Word: evolution
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n. [フレーク] flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; a small crystalline bit of snow


Spelling Word: flake
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n. [画] segment; fragment; a small proportion of


Spelling Word: fraction
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n. [要旨] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea


Spelling Word: gist
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n. [グリッド] the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh


Spelling Word: grid
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n. [避難所] refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port


Spelling Word: haven
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n. [半球] halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle


Spelling Word: hemisphere
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a. [遺伝] descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law


Spelling Word: hereditary